I said from day one that if he won she would have been praised to the sky but that if he lost, history would villify her. And if not her, personally, the choice absolutely. It was all or nothing, either the most brillliant choice ever or history's most colossal blunder. It hasn't taken long to see where that landed.

Absolutely. McCain decided to play russian rouelette with his VEEP choice and it will cost him dearly in the end. Romney would have been an excellent choice for him given the current state of the economy. But, as they say hindsight is 20/20.

I really would like to know his motivations for picking her someday. It can't be because he wanted a woman because there were about 5 better female choices for him out there.

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Absolutely. McCain decided to play russian rouelette with his VEEP choice and it will cost him dearly in the end. Romney would have been an excellent choice for him given the current state of the economy. But, as they say hindsight is 20/20.

I really would like to know his motivations for picking her someday. It can't be because he wanted a woman because there were about 5 better female choices for him out there.

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Better ...yes...he just didn't wanna hang in the white house with an ugly or old vp

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It's hard to say. The fact that a number of conservative commentators are appalled at McCain's choice of Palin is no indication of the effect of that choice on the electorate. It certainly cost McCain a lot of votes among intelligent, well-informed, and thoughtful people, but I think that it hugely increased his following among idiots, who are far more numerous. So it may have been a net gain for him.

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It's hard to say. The fact that a number of conservative commentators are appalled at McCain's choice of Palin is no indication of the effect of that choice on the electorate. It certainly cost McCain a lot of votes among intelligent, well-informed, and thoughtful people, but I think that it hugely increased his following among idiots, who are far more numerous. So it may have been a net gain for him.

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I like the way you think too. It's not a wonder why or how things got to be the way they are now. They're in my own family as well. lol